I finished this scarf a couple of weeks ago, but I don't own a digital camera, so I had to wait for a friend to take these pics for me.

I'm not sure how long this took, it all blended together after a while. I must say, I was astounded by how long it is. I can't believe I made a scarf taller than myself! It's strange, when I was about 3/4 of the way through, I just wanted to get it off the needles and around my neck (twice!), but after I bound off and wove in the ends, I moped around for a couple of days and had a hard time settling on my next project.

I got the pattern out of Basic Knitting by Leigh Ann Berry. She called for two strands of fingerling weight but I was too intimidated by how tiny it was. ':shock:' I ended up stranding two skeins of sport-weight sock yarn, and I think I did OK.

Learning how to work with two strands and how do do a semi-lacey pattern at the same time was quite a challenge. I ripped out about four inches of it two or three times before I read some advice to a new knitter on this forum. "It's handmade for heavens sake! You're not a machine, don't try to be one." After that I calmed down a little bit, gave myself a break, and just kept working on it. No, it's not perfect, but I made it, me, with my own hands.

Anyway, here's the pics. I don't know any knitters here at home yet, so y'all get to be my knitting circle. I can't tell you how much I've learned here, and what a wonderful resource this forum has been for me.

Best to all,
Andrea

Oh boy, there goes the time! Gotta get the brownies out of the oven!

Jan in CA

03-08-2006, 08:29 PM

What a pretty color and pattern! :inlove:

Ingrid

03-08-2006, 08:36 PM

Absolutely beautiful!!! :cheering:

Tessa

03-08-2006, 09:06 PM

I don't usually like variegated yarn with lace, but this is really nice. :)

sara_jayne

03-08-2006, 09:38 PM

It looks terrific! I don't know if I'd have the patience to knit a scarf that long....I give you credit for that. Great job!!

Amber

03-08-2006, 10:03 PM

It's beautiful!! I really like the pattern and the color!

mks22300

03-08-2006, 10:05 PM

It's very, very pretty! Well done! :thumbsup:

vcuchica931

03-08-2006, 10:33 PM

OMG THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!!! :heart: :heart: You did a GREAT job! I love the color!

I love the lace pattern and the colors are beautiful! You did a great job! :D

la_martini

03-09-2006, 01:45 AM

:heart: I absolutely love the scarf!!! :heart: How long have you been knitting? I'm new to this and I'm a bit nervous about trying something that looks so challenging. It's so lovely! :inlove: I may just have to saddle up and try it anyhow....